New features in SpectraLayers Pro 11.0.60
- New keyboard shortcuts to change tools brush shape and brush units.
- The Bridge Plugin for AVID Pro Tools now support handles.
New features in SpectraLayers Pro 11.0.50
- New keyboard shortcuts to register profiles for specific modules (with or without the module being opened).
- New Replace mode for the Ambience Match module.
- Solo channel played on all device channels can now be turned off in Device Preferences.
- Right-clicking a project tab now allows you to show it in the Finder/Explorer.
- All projects can now be saved (or not saved) at once when closing SpectraLayers Pro.
New features in SpectraLayers Pro 11.0.40
- SpectraLayers is now also available as an ARA plugin for Avid Pro Tools, see ARA Plugin.
- Accessibility has been improved, with support for keyboard navigation and screen readers.
- New keyboard shortcuts to apply specific modules (with or without the module being opened).
- More customizable navigation mouse shortcuts, see Shortcuts Preferences.
New features in SpectraLayers Pro 11.0.30
- Support for 3D channels formats such as Dolby Atmos and Ambisonics, up to 16 channels.
- DeClick module efficiency improved, see DeClick.
- Selection events can now be excluded from history, see System Preferences.
New features in SpectraLayers Pro 11.0.20
- Transient Selection has a new Tolerance setting.
- OpenGL drivers are no longer required on Windows and macOS.
New features in SpectraLayers Pro 11.0.10
- Batch Processing has been added to ARA mode as well, through the Clip Menu.
- Batch Processing features a new Export mode: Project, to save the result as a SpectraLayers Pro project.
- Unmix Song is now fully GPU accelerated on Windows (when a GPU is set in System Preferences).
- Polygonal Lasso Selection tool now allows dynamic fading too before finishing the shape.
New features in SpectraLayers Pro 11.0.0
Highlights
Workflow and User Interface Improvements
- New Home Screen to quickly create projects or load files, or open recent files.
- New Modules Panel to quickly display and hide modules and filter them.
- Improved Display Panel, which can now easily filter different sets of settings.
- Improved Channels Panel, which now plays a soloed channel on all available speakers, display a channel icon next to each channel, and offers a new Downmix Channels View.
- Improved Layers Panel, which can easily switch between standard and compact size, select and manage multiple layers at once, and provide new Envelope buttons.
- Improved History Panel, which can now rename history events.
New and Improved Visualization Modes
- New Downmix Channels View which averages all channels in a single view, maximizing vertical space.
- Improved Composite Layers View and Selected Layers View which have been moved to the Layers Panel and now allows you to set a specific dimming level.
- New Compact Panels View to maximize horitontal space while keeping panels main functionalities.
New and Improved Tools
- Improved Selection Tools with dynamic fade adjustements.
- New Selection Fade and Selection Sharpen tools to adjust fading of existing selections.
- New Transfer tool to losslessly transfer spectral data between layers.
- New Transient Pencil tool to draw transients directly in the spectrogram.
New and Improved Modules
- Introducing Modules, combining processes and unmixers. Modules preview can be looped when the Loop button is activated, see Transport Bar.
- Improved Unmix Song module which features higher quality vocal separation, as well as a new Sax & Brass stem, and a new Extreme quality mode.
- improved Unmix Drums module which can now separate 4 stems (Kick, Snare, HiHat, Cymbals).
- New Unmix Chorus module which can separate the Lead Vocals from the Backing Vocals.
- New Unmix Crowd Noise module which can separate crowd noise from the foreground (such as music on stage).
- New Unmix Mid/Side module which can separate mid content (such as vocal or speech in a music or movie context) from side content (such as reverb, sound effects or instruments in a music or movie context), and features an exclusive Expanded mode providing higher separation.
- Improved Unmix Multiple Voices module, which can now register individual and multiple voice profiles for much more reliable separation.
- Improved Voice DeNoise module, with a new Strong Noise background mode, which provides cleaner noise reduction in extreme contexts.
- New Voice DeClip module, which can reconstruct heavily clipped audio recordings.
- New Reverse module, to reverse audio content, including with spectral selections.
- New Signal Generator module to generate any kind of signal, including transients generation.
Automation
- New Modules Chain, which can automate a chain of modules to be applied, including with specific selections or specific layers targetting if unmixin is involved.
- New Batch Processing, which can apply Modules Chain to several files in a click.
More New Features
Other Improvements
- Device rescan in Device Preferences to use new devices during your session without restarting the software.
- New selection border style in Device Preferences (dashed).
- Post-selection expand and fading with Modify Selection with dynamic preview of the result.
- New Copy to New Project to copy a selection directly to a new project.
